Hofstra University Athletics

At Hofstra
2014: Made 12 appearances with 11 starts…Was 6-5 with a 4.45 ERA…Led team in wins with six and strikeouts with 44…Six wins are tied for third-best single season total in program history…Held opponents to a .249 batting average…Won five straight decisions after starting season with a loss…Allowed just six hits over 5 1/3 scoreless innings in shutout win over Penn State…Allowed two runs on five hits over six innings in win over Incarnate Word…Pitched eight innings of two-run ball in win at Furman…Struck out six batters in seven innings and allowed just five hits in victory over James Madison…Also won over Manhattan…Pitched a career-best 8 2/3 innings in a loss to Charleston, striking out nine batter…Was 2-4 in CAA play with a 5.15 ERA…2013: Made 16 appearances with five starts…Posted a 3-0 record with a 3.89 ERA…Pitched five scoreless innings with a season-high seven strikeouts in a victorious first start of the season versus Farmingdale State…Earned the win with two innings of scoreless relief versus Old Dominion…Registered third win of the campaign by holding Delaware to three runs in a season-high 6 2/3 innings versus Delaware…Struck out one out of the bullpen in an inning versus George Mason…Pitched five scoreless innings in a start against UNCW while taking the no-decision…Was 2-0 with a 3.75 ERA in nine Colonial Athletic Association appearances (two starts)…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2012: Made 10 appearances with four starts…Posted a 2-0 record with a 3.95 ERA…Threw 27 1/3 innings…Struck out 19 batters…Made first career start at Rutgers, allowing six hits and no runs over four innings…Notched win in start at Albany, allowing four hits and two runs in five innings…Allowed seven hits and one run with three strikeouts in five innings of work to earn win over VCU at the CAA Championship…Was 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA in two CAA appearances…2011: Missed the 2011 season due to injury.
 
High School/Personal
Played baseball for four years, volleyball for two years and basketball for one year at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, New York…All-league selection as a junior after posting a 4-2 record, a 2.00 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 40 innings of work…Struck out 17 batters during a one-hit performance over Central Islip…Born June 17, 1992…Has two sisters…Sister, Jessica, played three years of softball at Delaware…Sister, Danielle, played one year of softball at Sacred Heart…Lists Robinson Cano and Paul O’Neill as his favorite athletes…Nicknamed “Koz”…Started playing baseball at age 4…Physical education major.